The U.S. and Russia have cooperated in space, and now the two countries are adding high seas to the mix, having set their minds on connecting the Eurasian and American continents via an underwater tunnel in the Bering Strait according to Russia Today.

Originally conceived in 1906, during the rule of the last Russian Czar, Nicholas II, the project had been deemed unrealistic by many, and put on hold by world wars and revolutions, but now seems to have recaptured the hearts of businessmen on three continents. The tunnel is expected to be twice the size of the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France. The 65 mile giant would be the key component of a 3,700 mile railroad reaching from Yakutsk, Russia to Canada‚Äôs British Columbia....

Really? I can't imagine that there'd be enough traffic up there to justify such a project. Then again, as a casual watcher of The History Channel's Ice Road Truckers program, I can see that the economic desire to tap Canada's and Russia's vast resources way up there would be more than enough to motivate such a project. It would be a neat way to "beat" the poor weather and rough seas they have to deal with now.